Sunday, January 25, 2009
Step one of uploading Pictures
The title tells - I've begun the arduous journey of uploading ALL of the pictures, I'm about 20 in so far, I'll do more when I get another chance
Thursday, January 1, 2009
The (C)Old City
Happy new year all! Okay, so we spent most of today in what is called the "Old City" the part of Jerusalem that is within the Turkish 3rd wall I wish I had a way to shop you, but I can't think of anything... Anyway we went to 3 of the 4 quarters of the city (not the Armenian one) And saw - among other things - loopholes, the Dome of the Rock, brains, a creepy catholic church (no offense intended just my impression of it), 2000 year old housing, the western wall, riot shields, a bar mitzpah, and a movie about old Jewish temple sacrifices. We also discussed Jesus at the temple in his last mortal days (Matt 21), as well as sure nails (Isiah 22:[21-]23) - so the story here is that Jews used to pound these sure nails into the temple wall (symbolizing their sins), and also about Jesus's second temptation on top of the temple (Matt 4). Then we drove south to the hills near Bethlehem (we couldn't actually go to the city because of all the political West Bank problems) and talked about the birth of Christ.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Rainy Day
Well as you may have guessed it rained today. And for any of you who know Israel's climate it is really really dry for most of the year but then it rains and rains and rains once it is the well named rainy season. We first went to a museum of old Jerusalem and the dead sea scrolls, really cool actually. Apparently the dead sea version of Isiah is as close a match to the Book of Mormon's as it is to the current Hebrew versions. Then after Lunch we went to the area that Samson and King David came from, and read their respective stories. When we got back to the hotel we had dinner and then celebrated the new year's coming (very very quietly).
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